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About PaleontologistsBy: Elizabeth Perkins
Table of contents.
Chapter 1 What is a paleontologist ? page 3
Chapter 2 How are fossils made ? page 4
Chapter 3 What can be fossilized ? page 5
Glossary page 6
Chapter 2 How are fossils made ? page 4
Chapter 3 What can be fossilized ? page 5
Glossary page 6
Chapter 1
What is a paleontologist ?
If you're going to be a paleontologist, You need to know this stuff. The word paleontology means to study the history of life, It takes perseverance to be a paleontologist. Paleontologists look at the fossil record to study the history of life. Paleontologists are scientists that study fossils. Stegosaurus,Tyrannosaurus Rex,and the Triceratops are some of the most famous dinosaurs that roamed the Earth billions of years ago . Dinosaurs lived in the Mesozoic Era, which lasted more than 180 million years. Mesozoic Era was split into three periods the Triassic, the Jurassic , and the Cretaceous.
Chapter 2 How fossils are made.
Fossils don't just form in rock , they can form an amber. The sticky tree goo can make frogs and even lizards fossilized. Dinosaurs lived between 45 million and 66 million years ago! Under the right conditions empty spaces in the bones can get filled with Minerals carried by water over 100 million years, slowly the bones turn into stone. The softer part like the flesh break down leaving the hard parts like the bones and teeth to be fossilized. The deeper the fossil is found the older it is.
Amber.
Chapter 3 What can be fossilized?
Fossils are the preserved remains of organisms that lived thousands or even millions of years ago . When a dinosaur dies it is quickly covered by dirt or sand. Body fossils can tell us what dinosaurs looked like. Even things that T-Rex footprints can be preserved . Dinosaur poop can be fossilized too!
Glossary
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Preserved means that even if it was buried a long time ago it is still here in perfect condition.
Remains are the leftovers like when you have dinner and you still have food left over those are the food remains.
Resin is a sticky tree sap that forms Amber.
Paleontologists are people who study dinosaurs to learn about our past.
Dinosaur means horrible lizard.
Remains are the leftovers like when you have dinner and you still have food left over those are the food remains.
Resin is a sticky tree sap that forms Amber.
Paleontologists are people who study dinosaurs to learn about our past.
Dinosaur means horrible lizard.